Appendix B. HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/1.0 Method and Field Definitions
These tables contain a nearly complete list of all the methods, requests, and header fields of typical HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 requests and responses.
Table B-1. HTTP/1.1 Methods and Field Definitions
| Method | Request | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| GET | GET <Request-URI>?query_string HTTP/1.1\r\n Host: <hostname or IP address of host>\r\n\r\ | The GET method is used to retrieve whatever is stored or produced by the resource located at the specified Request-URI. The GET method can be used to request files, to invoke server-side scripts, to interact with server-side CGI programs, and more. When HTML form variables are submitted with the form action set to GET, the form parameters are encoded in a query string ... |
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